summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/lisp/emacs-lisp/float-sup.el
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJuanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>2003-05-30 23:31:15 +0000
committerJuanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>2003-05-30 23:31:15 +0000
commit5e046f6d571737bb8cd115bf67f9ee76519ba3cb (patch)
treec25147d32cbb72db4fb264c670f3cfb3b6f08af0 /lisp/emacs-lisp/float-sup.el
parent9d7aa1b1b6f7eb8d97c2cc620022a708d43398f2 (diff)
downloademacs-5e046f6d571737bb8cd115bf67f9ee76519ba3cb.tar.gz
Moved from lisp/.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/float-sup.el')
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/float-sup.el63
1 files changed, 63 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/float-sup.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/float-sup.el
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c45112e980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/float-sup.el
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+;;; float-sup.el --- define some constants useful for floating point numbers.
+
+;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Maintainer: FSF
+;; Keywords: internal
+
+;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;;; Code:
+
+;; Provide a meaningful error message if we are running on
+;; bare (non-float) emacs.
+
+(if (fboundp 'atan)
+ nil
+ (error "Floating point was disabled at compile time"))
+
+;; provide an easy hook to tell if we are running with floats or not.
+;; define pi and e via math-lib calls. (much less prone to killer typos.)
+(defconst pi (* 4 (atan 1)) "The value of Pi (3.1415926...).")
+;; It's too inconvenient to make `e' a constant because it's used as
+;; a temporary variable all the time.
+(defvar e (exp 1) "The value of e (2.7182818...).")
+
+;; Careful when editing this file ... typos here will be hard to spot.
+;; (defconst pi 3.14159265358979323846264338327
+;; "The value of Pi (3.14159265358979323846264338327...)")
+
+(defconst degrees-to-radians (/ pi 180.0)
+ "Degrees to radian conversion constant.")
+(defconst radians-to-degrees (/ 180.0 pi)
+ "Radian to degree conversion constant.")
+
+;; these expand to a single multiply by a float when byte compiled
+
+(defmacro degrees-to-radians (x)
+ "Convert ARG from degrees to radians."
+ (list '* (/ pi 180.0) x))
+(defmacro radians-to-degrees (x)
+ "Convert ARG from radians to degrees."
+ (list '* (/ 180.0 pi) x))
+
+(provide 'lisp-float-type)
+
+;;; float-sup.el ends here